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Date
July 29, 2018

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Evolution
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, __cedited, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, podcast, Science Literacy, survey}

Listen: Greater Science Literacy Leads to Greater Acceptance of Evolution…Oh, Really?

_{Science & Culture
July 29, 2018

Evolution

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Jonathan Witt, co-author of the recent book Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, was skeptical when he heard that one. Read More ›

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Date
July 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, bioengineering, book reviews, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, faith, Finland, Helsinki University of Technology, Heretic, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, life, materialism, Matti Leisola, Mind Matters, non-life, salvo, Terrell Clemmons, third rail}

Review: Heretic Takes Aim at Science’s Third Rail

_{Science & Culture
July 28, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design

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“Well, we can’t touch the third rail, so the question becomes, How can we safely get past it?” Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, __image, abrupt appearance, academic freedom, Amazon, BioLogos, critics, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, fossil record, gradualism, Greg Cootsona, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, Neo-Darwinism, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, reviews, scientists, stasis, Stockholm University}

Heretic Is for the ID Critic, or the Curious Reader, in Your Life

_{Science & Culture
June 8, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Yesterday on Twitter we had the opportunity to recommend it to an ID critic who wrote a book chapter on intelligent design without first doing his homework. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __cedited, Bernard Acworth, BioLogos, C. S. Lewis, Christianity, Christians, Darwinism, evolution, Greg Cootsona, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Witt, Marvin Olasky, Matti Leisola, Mere Christianity, miracles, The Magician's Twin, World Magazine}

Mere Manipulation — Using C.S. Lewis to Pitch Evolution to Christians

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2018

Faith & Science

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Marvin Olasky, editor of World Magazine, wryly observes that Lewis “should have trademarked ‘mere.’” Read More ›

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Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, central dogma, DNA, epigenetics, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, Max Planck Institute, New England Journal of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, University of Michigan, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

Genetics Leaves Central Dogma and Junk DNA in the Rear-View Mirror

_{Science & Culture
May 4, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Genetics is now a subset of epigenetics, in which multiple dynamic molecules play key roles in homeostasis. Read More ›

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Date
April 29, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __cedited, BIO-Complexity, Darwinian evolution, Douglas Axe, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, intelligent design, lignin, Matti Leisola, podcast, science}

Douglas Axe: Lignin and the Coherent Design of the Ecosystem

_{Science & Culture
April 29, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Heretic co-author Matti Leisola has argued that lignin is a troubling case for Darwinian evolution Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, alphabet soup, Bill Clinton, bioengineering, Discovery Institute, evolution, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, microorganisms, Mount Rushmore, mutations, The Stream}

Sonny and Cher Meet Witt and Leisola

_{David Klinghoffer
April 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Leisola, of course, is a Finnish bioengineer who realized through his work that life could not have assembled itself through unguided processes. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
April 18, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, adaptability, aesthetics, bad design, blood pressure, brain, disease, evolution, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, logical fallacy, Matti Leisola, Nathan Lents, Neo-Darwinism, redundancy, Richard Dawkins, robustness}

Your “Botched Body”: Bad Design or Bad Logic?

_{Steve Laufmann
April 18, 2018

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Whenever a complex system of systems works at all, it seems counterproductive to attempt a “bad design” argument. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, Expelled (movie), Facebook, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Witt, Louis Pasteur, March for Science, Matti Leisola, Nicolaus Copernicus, science, social media, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Twitter, Washington DC}

Imagine Copernicus, Newton, Pasteur “Marching for Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 13, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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Jonathan Witt: “In the M4S subculture, dissent is a thought crime.” Read More ›

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Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, bioengineering, Darwin's House of Cards, Douglas Axe, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Jonathan Witt, Karl Popper, Matti Leisola, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Norman Macbeth, phlogiston, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Tom Bethell, Undeniable (book), W. Ford Doolittle, Zombie Science (book)}

Four Darwin Heretics: A Reader’s Roundup

_{Science & Culture
April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When you read Matti Leispola’s account of his adventures with a persecuted enclave of Darwin skeptics, you’ll understand why he has a smile on his face. Read More ›